We can still remember when the WS2812 LED first came into ourconsciousness, way back in the mists of time. The timing diagrams in the datasheet-of-questionable-veracity made it sound quite tricky, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/12/23/ws2182s-on-a-6502/)

Fixing A Freezer Design Flaw With A Little Bit Of Heat
https://hackaday.com/2021/12/23/fixing-a-freezer-design-flaw-with-a-little-bit-of-heat/

A freezer/refrigerator combo unit with air pass-through between sections.
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/freezer_fix_header.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/freezer_fix_header.jpg?w=800">As a shining example of the law of unintended consequences, [Lou] demonstrates how certain types of freezer/refrigerator combinations fail to work in a cold environment, such as a garage during …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/12/23/fixing-a-freezer-design-flaw-with-a-little-bit-of-heat/)

Lisp in 436 Bytes
https://hackaday.com/2021/12/23/lisp-in-436-bytes/

You would assume that any programming language available back in the 1960s would be small enough to easily implement on today’s computers. That’s not always true though, since old languages …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/12/23/lisp-in-436-bytes/)

Ring In the New Year with DIY Bagpipes
https://hackaday.com/2021/12/23/ring-in-the-new-year-with-diy-bagpipes/

Remember early on in the pandemic when people would don protection just short of a full hazmat suit to go out, and wore rubber gloves to the grocery store? Was …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/12/23/ring-in-the-new-year-with-diy-bagpipes/)

FlyBrainLab: Google Earth But For A Drosophila Fly’s Brain
https://hackaday.com/2021/12/24/flybrainlab-google-earth-but-for-a-drosophila-flys-brain/

Drosophila melanogaster.
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/1024px-Drosophila_melanogaster_Proboscis.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/1024px-Drosophila_melanogaster_Proboscis.jpg?w=800">In biology there are a couple of truly crucial model animals and insects. Not that they’re particularly good students, or pick up their own trash, but in the sense that …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/12/24/flybrainlab-google-earth-but-for-a-drosophila-flys-brain/)

Peltier Snow Globe Features Snowman Who Dresses Himself in Real Frost
https://hackaday.com/2021/12/24/peltier-snow-globe-features-snowman-who-dresses-himself-in-real-frost/

We doubt that few of us ever thought that snow globes contain real snow, but now that we’ve seen a snow globe that makes its own snow, we have to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/12/24/peltier-snow-globe-features-snowman-who-dresses-himself-in-real-frost/)

The Legend of Zelda: Decompiled
https://hackaday.com/2021/12/24/the-legend-of-zelda-decompiled/

Keeping source code to programs closed is something that is generally frowned upon here for plenty of reasons. Closed source code is less secure and less customizable, but unfortunately we …read more (https://hackaday.com/2021/12/24/the-legend-of-zelda-decompiled/)

Hackaday Podcast Super-Short Holiday Edition
https://hackaday.com/2021/12/24/hackaday-podcast-super-short-holiday-edition/